Because Rav Chaim Said

Sometimes following the directive of a gadol seems counterintuitive. Don’t the doctors know better? Doesn’t my sechel tell me otherwise? How can I trust someone who isn’t politically savvy? But both staunch adherents of Rav Chaim, and tens of thousands of others who visited for a brachah or eitzah, knew that although the instructions often sounded extreme or the phrases inscrutable, if Rav Chaim said it, gates of salvation would open 

Miracle Baby

The doctors said our baby would die. Would I have enough faith to believe in Rav Chaim’s blessing for life?

As told by Shaul and Rachayli Klein to Ariella Schiller

Shaul and I found out we were expecting when I was already 18 weeks along. We were excited about our upcoming addition. But our elation was short lived. After an ominous ultrasound reading, we found ourselves sitting in front of the department head, Professor Simcha Yagel.

“Due to a lack of amniotic fluid,” he said, “the baby’s lungs haven’t developed. They’re just two rocks in his chest. He’s getting oxygen through the umbilical cord, but chances are that when the cord is cut, he’ll die.”